Babette M Pluim, Marleen G T Jansen, Samuel Williamson, Cain Berry, Silvia Camporesi, Kristina Fagher, Neil Heron, Dina C Janse van Rensburg, Víctor Moreno-Pérez, Andrew Murray, Seán R O'Connor, Fábio C L de Oliveira, Machar Reid, Miriam van Reijen, Tobias Saueressig, Linda J Schoonmade, Jane S Thornton, Nick Webborn, Clare L Ardern
BACKGROUND: Tennis is a multidirectional high-intensity intermittent sport for male and female individuals played across multiple surfaces. Although several studies have attempted to characterise the physical demands of tennis, a meta-analysis is still lacking. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to describe and synthesise the physical demands of tennis across the different court surfaces, performance levels and sexes. METHODS: PubMed, Embase, CINAHL and SPORTDiscus were searched from inception to 19 April, 2022...
February 8, 2023: Sports Medicine